Master basket with flowers for interior decoration

If you have free time and the desire to spend it with profit - do needlework. A basket with flowers made from old newspapers and colored paper will surely decorate your interior

How sometimes you want to do something useful andInteresting. Use your enthusiasm and inspiration to create a beautiful little thing, get carried away with needlework and make something of that kind to please the eye. Any knickknack, created by own hands, certainly raises the mood and gives a positive, and can also become an integral part of the decor.

For example, make a decorative wicker basketAnd use it for storing fruits, bread, coins and various small things. Either fill with sweets or flowers. Such a colorful basket with flowers will refresh the interior.

It looks great both in the kitchen and in the living room, in the hallway, in the bedroom. This is always a win-win gift option.

«Hand made» For a long time already it became a fashionable and popular kind of presents due to its originality.

Before you start this kind of work, it is worthBe ready for the need for patience and time, then the result can be called a masterpiece. Any technique produces a sleight of hand, accuracy. To perform many elements of the composition of beads have to perform the same actions. This monotony is not liked by everyone. You can imagine that when decorating a bouquet of chrysanthemums Kanzash technique will require not one dozen petals. Therefore, you need to tune in and do not quit what you started.

Estimate the cost of products

Starting to learn how to make an attractiveBasket for flowers with their own hands, often the question arises: what is required for this, and how much will the material cost. The answer is usually pleasantly surprising. The braids of the most varied form and volume are made of paper, or rather from the cheapest newsprint.

For attaching and dyeing, only a few components are needed:

White glue;

paints;

Varnish.

The next part of the creation of a basket with flowers andCandies, namely buds, stems and leaves, will also be inexpensive. Beads, ribbons, corrugated paper, fishing line, stapler, Chinese sticks - this product is cheap, but in skilled hands becomes a valuable element of decor.

Let's start weaving the basket

The basket itself is made using a technology comparable to weaving from a vine. It is known that this fishery
It is quite in demand among style lovers Provence. All sorts of furniture have their own look, they radiate energy of comfort, harmony with nature, relaxation.

Therefore, a basket of flowers with his own hands or a flower pot decorated in this way adds charm to the whole interior.

It is not easy to master all the subtleties of decorative art at once. It is necessary to follow the recommendations of experienced craftsmen and not to hurry.

To start, you need a few newspapers. The sheets opened in the full spread are cut into several strips 10 cm wide. Now, obliquely lay the knitting needle or a piece of wire to the corner of the strip and start wrapping it in the newspaper. The wrapping of the spokes looks like a screw-wound paper. It should be dense enough. Then afterwards the product will be durable, not subject to damage and defects.

The process of twisting newspaper strips -Preliminary preparation of rods of the future basket. At this stage, it is important to observe the same thickness of tubes to make the product look decent, and not from the category "Babes to mothers on March 8". The twisting density is average: The tubules should not be thin and hollow, but not tight, hard. It's simple - you sit and twist, fix it with glue and start the next one until a slide of rods is formed. Absolutely nothing complicated and complicated.

From the cardboard it is necessary to cut two identical circles, which are the bottom of the basket. At the first we apply glue and we put tubules to the center of the basis.

Their number can be different: from six to twelve, sixteen, etc., depending on the diameter of the corn and the density of the weave.

The stacked and glued tubules are similar toThe sun with scattered rays. Cover with a second circle, glued with glue and pressed down for better adhesion. Leave to dry completely for several hours.

For convenience, the tube can be ironed with a rolling pin, they will uniformly come up, so it's easier to work with.

We continue the process of weaving. The basket for flowers from homemade newspaper tubes will be smooth from the first time, if you put a shape on the bottom, which we will braid. We fix the beginning of the tube and bend each tubule of the base either from the outside or from the inside. After the first row with the same success and zeal we weave the second. To extend the paper tube elementarily: insert the next into the free edge of the previous by 2-3 cm, fix it with glue and safely continue the weaving.

Having reached the required height of the basket, allThe free parts of the tubes are shortened and bent inside, having seized them with a glue mixture. After coating with paint and varnish. It turned out an original and useful thing, quite strong.

Making flowers

Any designer, from amateurs to professionals, will advise filling empty capacity with something bright and cheerful. A bouquet of flowers or one flower will make the composition complete.

Fortunately, many methods of creating artificial plants are invented, which are not inferior in beauty and uniqueness to soil. Make the decoration should be so that it is not embarrassing to show it.

Choose among the techniques of kanzash or beadworkIt is necessary for their personal preferences and inclinations. There is a simplified version - baskets with flowers from colored corrugated paper. Each technique requires a certain skill, but it's too early to despair and stop. The process started with each petal improves the movements and leads to an ideal result.

Kansas technique is very interesting. Decorative basket with colors of this designLooks expensive and solid. Particularly successful are sunflowers, chrysanthemums, violets, poppies, chamomiles. Nothing complicated and special in creating a composition is not observed. This will require a satin ribbon, scissors, hot glue, a lighter. The ribbon is cut into pieces of the necessary length and the Kanzash petals are folded. There are two main types: round and sharp. Cracks and a section of tissue are sealed with fire. Prepare the necessary number of petals, then glue using a special gun with glue in the flower.

Lovers of roses should try to make flowers from corrugated paper. They look
Very gently, naturally and naturally, whileWill never subside. A special stencil cuts the petals of a flower and gathers into a bud. The core is denser, unrevealed, and the extreme petals are twirled by scissors and the folds of the paper are slightly straightened. Elegant flowers are planted on a wire wrapped in green corrugated paper, glue a couple of leaves at the base of the bud and along the stem.

Flowers from beads in an extravagant basket are generally an indicator of superior craftsmanship. To create them you need patience and attention, clear consecutive instructions according to the scheme.

Ready-made flowers can be of different varieties, but allMost similar to natural, only nature will not make them wither and wither for a few days. They will long please the eye with their beauty. The raw material is limited only by a thin wire and colored beads.

For any flower, the technique of weaving petals, pistils, leaves has been developed.

String the specified number of balls inThe correct sequence, preparing the individual details of the flower, resulting in the endless matchless bouquets. Often, making a flower is sometimes more difficult than a basket. Initially, you must tune in to this activity, as a hobby and do not rush to finish it.

As you can see, it's easy to create such beauty, but it looks elegant! Happy and pleasant needlework!